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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2017 Feb 1;579:1649–1657. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.234

Table 4.

HQs calculated using pharmaceutical therapeutic plasma concentrations, adjusted for estimate of bioaccumulation potential.

CAS RN Analytes RL N EC N Exceed Mean HQ Median HQ Max
HQ
67,018-85-3 Norverapamil 8.5 2 112 0 0.26 0.26 0.42
57-83-0 Progesterone 0.13 24 0.43 0 0.30 0.30 0.35
50-48-6 Amitriptyline 4 25 109 0 0.040 0.037 0.11
58-22-0 Testosterone 0.1 24 2.64 0 0.039 0.038 0.057
93,413-69-5 Venlafaxine 0.3 24 18,572 0 0.0014 < 0.0001 0.028
52-53-9 Verapamil 7.8 24 2094 0 0.0045 0.0037 0.022
58-73-1 Diphenhydramine 6.9 25 584 0 0.012 0.012 0.018
137,862-53-4 Valsartan 7.2 22 14,419 0 0.0008 0.0005 0.0055
83,799-24-0 Fexofenadine 25 25 33,432 0 0.0010 0.0007 0.0049
54-31-9 Furosemide 14 25 9548 0 0.0015 0.0015 0.0018
125-29-1 Hydrocodone 4.1 25 5049 0 0.0008 0.0008 0.0016
58-93-5 Hydrochlorthiazide 10 25 41,825 0 0.0004 0.0002 0.0016
93,413-62-8 Desvenlafaxine 15 25 39,673 0 0.0004 0.0004 0.0015
85,100-17-0 Diltiazem-
desmethyl
4.4 15 11,730 0 0.0004 0.0004 0.0005
42,399-41-7 Diltiazem 6.8 21 38,115 0 0.0002 0.0002 0.0004
27,203-92-5 Tramadol 8.7 23 89,002 0 0.0001 0.0001 0.0003
51,384-51-1 Metoprolol 4.7 17 131,208 0 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0003
29,122-68-7 Atenolol 23 23 578,318 0 < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0001
298-46-4 Carbamazepine 7.1 25 275,437 0 < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0001

See Table 2 for key.